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Patented 0pt 31 No. 5o7,677.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN V. ELSBREE, OF CHERRY CREEK, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,677, dated October 31, 1893.

Application filed April 24, 1893. Serial No. 471,601- (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN V. ELSBREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherry Creek, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and use-` improve the construction of churns, and to enable those having vertically reciprocating dashers to be rapidly and conveniently operated with a minimum amount of labor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claim thereo appended.

In the drawing the ligure is a perspective view of a churn constructed in accordance with this invention.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawing. t

1 designates a supporting frame or bench having a longitudinal opening 2 in its top 3, and provided on opposite sides thereof with bearings4, and having journaled therein a transverse shaft 5.- The shaft is provided at its ends with cranks 6 and 7, the former of which is connected with an operating lever 8, and the latter with a dasher rod 9. The operating lever 8 extends longitudinally of the churn, and is located at one side thereof, and has one end shaped into a handle, and its other end fulcrumed on an arm 10 of ,the frame. At an intermediate point of its ends the operating lever is attached to the upper end of a short pitman 11, which has its lower end adj ustably connected to the crank 6; .and the latter has perforations to permit the said adjustment.

The crank 7 is provided with perforations, and is adjustably connected Lo the lower'end of a long pitman 12, which has its upper end adj ustably connected to the dasher rod; and the latter is provided with perfor-ations to permit the adjustment. The dasher rod is guided by a rectangular supporting frame, which is composed of similar nprights 13 and a top cross piece 14. The top cross piece 14 is provided with a slot 15 for the pitman, and a guide openin g 16 for the dasher rod. At its outer side the top cross piece has hinged to it a bar 17 for locking the dasher rod in the guide opening, which is formed by similar recesses of the top cross-piece and the locking bar. The locking bar has the hinge at one end, and is provided at the other end with a pivoted hook 18, which engages an eye 19 on the upper face of the top cross-piece. The lower end of the dasher rod carries a dasher 20,

which is arranged in a churn body 2l and it will be apparent that the dasher rod may be adjusted vertically to suit the contents of the churn body.

In order to enable the churn to be easily operated and to'be regular in its motion a large `balance wheel is mounted on the transverse shaft, and is arranged in the longitudinal opening of the frame.

It will be seen that the churn-is sim ple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and that it is adapted to rapidlyand vertically reciprocate a dasher at the expenditure of a minimum amount of labor.

` Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In a churn, the combination of a frame having-an opening in its top and provided at opposite sides with bearings, a transverse shaft -journaled in the bearings and provided at its ends with cranks, a lever disposed longitudinally of the frame and fulcrumed thereon and connected with one of the cranks, uprights arranged at the opposite side of the frame, a top cross-piece secured to the up rights and provided with a slot, and having a notch, a locking bar hinged at one end to the top cross-piece and having its other end detachably secured thereto and provid ed with ICO 

